Sports: Kerrigan to talk about ’94 attack for NBC Olympics film

Twenty years ago, it was the unkindest cut of all, at least in the sports world, when the rivalry between skaters Nancy Kerrigan and Tonya Harding exploded during the 1994 winter Olympics at Lillehammer when Harding, her exhusband, Jeff Gillooly and Harding’s bodyguard conspired to break Kerrigan’s leg during the Olympic trials to keep her out ofthe Olympics. Kerrigan recovered and was chosen to join the US Olympic team for the Norway games.

Although Harding has participated in a number of sports and other shows and has talked about the incident, Kerrigan doesn’t talk about the incident. Until now. Today, NBC announced it will produce a new documentary about the two skaters featuring interviews with both. The film will air as part of the network’s 2014 Winter Olympics coverage beginning in February in Sochi, Russia.

The Kerrigan interview is a major get for NBC, especially since ESPN has been unable to get a Kerrigan interview for its “30 for 30″ film set to air Nov. 5.

Mary Carillo will conduct interviews for NBC with both skaters about the incident and about their lives today.

The announcement was made at the Television Critics Association summer press tour in Beverly Hills by the NBC Sports Group.